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Oklahoma City founded in an afternoon
April 22, 1889
Santa Fe Depot, Oklahoma City
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Empty prairie at noon, a settlement of about 10,000 people by dusk. There was no government, no survey and no water. Rival claimants had already staked the same lots, and the town spent years litigating who owned what.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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